Window-blind



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W N GARY WINDUW'BLINDf No. 448,177.Patented Mar. 10,1891.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. W. N. GARY.

, WINDOW BLIND. No. 448,177. Patented Mar. 10, 1891.,

ilrnrnn States Patent Orrrcn.

WILLIAM N. CARY, OF MECHANICSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO \VALDEN L.IIASKIN, OF GRANVILLE, NEIV YORK.

WINDOW/BLIND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,] 77, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed January '7, 1890. Serial No. 336,213. (No model.)

To ttZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. CARY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mechanicsville, county of Saratoga, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Bliuds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described, andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure l of the drawings represents an interior front View in elevationof my improved window-blinds closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of theblinds open, the two lower blinds occupying a position right-angular tothe window and the single upper blind having its lower end swung outwardfrom the building. Fig. 3 is an exterior viewin side elevation of theblinds open, as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is an exterior View in plan,showing the tops of the lower blinds open, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,the upper blind being closed. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of aslidebrace detached. Fig. 6 is a modified form of slideway-hook.

A represents a window-frame with the outer portion broken away, and B asingle depending blind or shutter hinged at its upper edge to the frame,as by hinges B, (inclicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) with its loweredge free to swing outward from the windowframe on an are represented bythe broken curved line B in Fig. 3. The blind Bis preferably of a lengthto extend about half-way down the window-frame and to the lower blinds GG. The latter blinds are each secured at one edge to one side of thewindowframe, as by the hinges 0 (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,)in the same manner that horizontally-swinging blinds are commonly hingedto a windowfranoe.

The lower blinds are each provided with a slideway adapted to receiveand support a blind-supporting slide-brace and hook D; The slidewayconsists of two angle-irons F, secured to the swinging edge of theblind, one above the other in the same vertical line, by the screwsF'ihrough the vertical leaf of each iron, the horizontal leaves Fprojecting out from the blind and being provided with a central apertureor eye F", having a lateral opening or slot F". The slide-braces D areeach adapted to loosely fit and slide verticallyor longitudinally of thebrace in the eyes F They are each provided at their upper ends with aneye D and at the lower ends with a hook D also with the flattened orthinned parts D so located that such a thinned part will occupy theslideway-eyes when the blinds are closed, as shown in Fig. 1. The eyes Dat the upper ends of the braces are adapted to receive and slide alongthe slideway II, which may be a wire rod extended lengthwise of theupper blind along its lower edge and secured to the blind at the ends ofthe wire.

The lower blinds may be provided with the usual or any known means forsecuring them in a closed or open position, as gravity locking-hinges,(not shown,) or a book a. and staple Z) to secure them in a closedposition. hen it is desired to open the blinds from the position shownin Fig. 1 to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3, it is only necessary to removethe book a from staple b and push outward upon one or both of the blindsuntil the eyes 1) slide along slideway H from the position shown inFig.1 to that shown in Fig. 2. As the lower blinds swing open andoutward the eyes D of the braces, acting upon the slideway II, push thelower edge of the upper blind outward to the position shown in Fig. 3.It is obvious from an inspection of Fig. 3 that the lower edge of theupper blind rises as it swings outward, thereby causing the slidebracesD to slide upward in the slideways F to the position shown in Fig. 2.hen the blinds are swung open to the position shown in Fig. 2, they arelooked as against the action of ordinary winds for the reason that thefriction between slideway H and the ma terial in which the eyes D areformed is sufficient to retain the parts in any desired position alongthe respective arcs before mentioned and indicated by the curved brokenlines. In addition to such frictional resistance, when desired, stopsmay be provided at different points on slideway H, as small offset orbend J, Fig. 1..

\Vhen it is desired to open the lower blinds G O and leave the upperblind B closed as shown in Fig. 4, the slide-braces D are firstdisengaged from their slideways F, the thinner parts D passing throughthe lateral slots F after which the lower blinds can be swung out andin, in the usual well-known manner of operating horizontally-swingingblinds. The braces D are left pen lent from slideway H when the upperblind is closed; but. they may be employed to brace and support theupper blind in an open or partly-open position, such as shown in Fig. 3,by inserting the hook end of the braces in the staples K, as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 3. The staples maybe driven into the window-frameto projeotoutward, as shown. The upper blind, when thus supported by thebraces hooked into the staples, serves the purpose of an awning andleaves the lower blinds free to open and close in the ordinarywell-known manner.

I have shown in Fig. 0 a modified form of slideway for the braces D,consisting of a hook or slotted eye having a screw-threaded shank F bywhich it is secured to a blind to occupy the same relative positionthereto as the hooked leaf F. It is obvious that one only of the lowerblinds with a single slide-brace would be sufficient to open the upperblind and support it in the positionshown in Fig. 3. \Vhen the lowerblinds are swung outward to the position shown in Fig. 3, the slideway Hprevents the slide-braces from acquiring an absolute rotary movement,but causes a relative movement of the brace and its slideway, as thoughthe former had been given a quarter-turn in the latter, therebypreventing the escape of the thinned part of the brace from its slidewayby presenting the wide side of the thinned part toward the slot F.

I have shown in Fig. 3 a flexible triangularshaped side curtain P, whichis secured along one side P to the upper blind B, along another side Pto the window-frame, and at a middle point P of the third side to thelower blind O. The curtain is not shown in the other figures,

except that its position when the blinds are closed is shown by dottedlines P in Fig. 1, the lower blind serving to draw the middle portion ofthe lower part of the curtain inward and fold it against the upperblind, as indicated by the dotted lines P.

What Iol-tim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a window-frame, of an upper blind hinged by itsupper edge to the upper part of the frame to swing vertically, ahorizontal slideway secured to such blind, a lower blind hinged by oneof its side edges to one side of the frame to swing horizontally, aslideway secured to such lower blind, and a slide-brace movablevertically in the slideway fixed upon the lower blind and movablehorizontally in the slideway fixed upon the upper blind, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with an upper blind hinged to a window-frame toswing vertically and a pair of lower blinds the members of which areseparately hinged to the frame to swing horizontally, of a pair ofsupportingbraces D, each secured at its lower end to one of thehorizontally-swinging blinds and at its upper end to the lower end ofthe Vertically-swinging blind for the purpose of supporting the severalblinds in an open position, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a horizontal slideway H upon an uppervertically-swinging blind and a vertical slideway having eyes F oneabove the other, with slide-slot F upon a lower horizontally-swingingblind, of a slidebrace D, having at its upper end an eye D, at its lowerend a hook D and interniediately of its ends thin parts D adapted topass through the slots F substantially as described.

4. The combination, with an upper blind hinged to awindow-frame toswingvertically and a lower blind hinged to the frame to swinghorizontally,.of a flexible triangularshaped side curtain secured alongone edge to the upper blind, along another edge to the window-frame, andat a middle point in its third edge to the lower blind, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day ofDecember, 1889.

WILLIAM N. CARY. IVitnesses:

GEo. A. MosHER, W. H. HOLLISTER, Jr.

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